Record-album



M. BRIDGMAN.

RECORD ALBUM.

APPLICATION FILED !AN.2, 1920.

1,359,867, Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

$13 I 1V l M. Brza ymarz UNITED ,sTATEs MELVIN BRIDGMAN, 0F FLINT,MICHIGAN.

RECORD-ALBUM; Q

[Spe fication of L tt r re t Batente-d Nov. 23,1920.

"L ama-antenna January 2, ieac jiseiig 'ntl 348,749;

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVIN BRmeMArI, a citizen of Great Britain,residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of M1ch1- gan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record-Albums; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the lnvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same. 7

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in record albumsfor talking machines and has for its primary object the provision of aplurality of leaves ,between which are received a record so that eachrecord is protected and prevented from contacting with each other, thusobviating the danger of the records becoming scratched or injured whenremoving and replaci'ngthem and further the device will fit convenlentlywithin a cabinet of the talking machine and will permit any one ofthe'records to be removed without having to remove the device inentirety.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a record album ofthe above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efiicientand which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, com bination, and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1is a horizontal sectional view of a talking machine cabinet illustratinga record album positioned therein and constructed in accordance with myinvention, and also showing a record in dotted lines,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the album removed from the cabinet,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same illustrating records therein.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates as anentirety an album consisting of a plurality of leaves 2 which havebinding strips 3 at one end and the between the leaves.

leaves at this end of the album are secured together by means of'lacingstrings' passing through openings 5 in the leaves and binding strips3,thus it will be seen that the leaves are firmly held together and saidleaves are preferably'constructed of cardboard or similar material whichwill permit the leaves to be flexed for the purpose of separatin them toinsert and remove a record. ositioned between each leaf is arecord andeach leaf at its free end is pro vided with spaced notches 6 that exposepositions of the record whereby any one of the records can be grippedand drawn from The notches 6 also de- .70 fine tongues 7 that projectbeyond the free ends of said-leaves, so that said tongues can i bereadily gripped for raising the leaves and V -the tongues 7 are adaptedto bear the names of the records so that on examining the tongues acertain record can be conveniently found, and when found can be easilywithdrawn from the album by gripping the ex- 7 Y posed portion oftherespective record. The names of the various records are adapted to beapplied to labelspasted or otherwise secured to the tongues and whichlabels can be changed and replaced by others on the tongues when therecords are changed within the album.

The album 1 is positioned flatly upon the shelf 8 of a talking machinecabinet 9 and the shelf 8 is provided with the usual cutout portion 10which permits the tongues and notches to be disposed beyond the shelf sothat said tongues can be conveniently flexed for examining the titlethereon and also will permit the records to be easily withdrawn fromtheir places in the album.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is v 1. An albumcomprising a plurality of leaves adapted to contain records between vthe same, means securing one of the ends of the leaves together, theother ends of said leaves having spaced notches to expose portions ofthe record and to define a tongue adapted to bear the names of therecord.

2 An album comprising a series of leaves readily separated or flexed toexamine the 10 constructed from flexible material, means names or titlethereon." securing the leaves together, said leaves at In testimonywhereof I affix my signature their free ends having spaced notchesto'exin presenceof two Witnesses.

pose portions of records positioned between V i 7 said leaves, and todefine tongues adapted to MELVIN BRIDGMAN' j bear names of the: variousrecords, said Witnesst-as: tongues projecting beyond the line of the WM.E. BA RETT,

free edges of the leave s'so that they can be G. A. KELLY.

